Today's News

Reggie Hucks, Brunswick County chief building inspector and director of code administration, and Scott Garner, Brunswick County fire marshal, have presented a process to allow churches to shelter the homeless in emergency situations.

Brunswick County staff and contractors worked through the weekend to reopen the Brunswick County Courthouse on Monday after a sprinkler malfunction.

The sprinkler leak occurred at around 11 a.m. Thursday in Courtroom 4 on the second floor of the building, county spokeswoman Amanda Hutcheson said. Water from the sprinklers then affected Courtroom 2, which is below Courtroom 4 on the first floor.

Repairs continued in Courtrooms 2 and 4 this week while the rest of the building reopened.

Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2GO sanitary district officials have responded to Leland’s legislative request to take over the water and sewer service, calling it unconstitutional.

H2GO board members John Crowder, William Browning, Carl Antos, Ronnie Jenkins and Byron Poe Butler sent letters to Sen. Bill Rabon and Reps. Susi Hamilton and Frank Iler stating the Leland resolution to the legislature has failed before and will fail again.

North Brunswick County Services Coordinating Council will host a community service day March 28.

A number of civic organizations in North Brunswick, including the North Brunswick Kiwanis Club, E.G. Dale, Crosswinds Church, the Lions Club of North Brunswick, The Bridge Presbyterian Church, Manna Ministries and the Leland Area Rotary Club have partnered to assist local residents in need.

Ocean Isle Beach officials will host a public workshop April 4 on the plan to build a terminal groin.

The workshop will begin at 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of the month at the OIB town hall at 3 W. Third St.

Ocean Isle Beach board members voted March 20, 2014 to endorse a 750-foot terminal groin as the town recommendation to the Army Corps of Engineers based on the draft Environment Impact Study (EIS) developed by Ken Willson and Tom Jarrett of Coastal Planning and Engineering of North Carolina.